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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. WHITMORE, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,578, dated April13, 1880.

' Application led February 14, 1880.

1o said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent,in

Figurel, asectional side view; Fig. 2, a transverse section in rear ofpedals, looking forward.

This invention relates to an improvement in a tricycle designedespecially for the use of girls; and it consists in the construction, ashereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

zo A represents the body of the vehicle, which may be of any desirableshape, provided with a seat, so that the occupant may sit thereon, as incommon carriages. At the rear an axle, B, is arranged transverselyacross, and proz 5 vided with a pair of wheels, C. This axle isconstructed to form two cranks, aand b. Beneath the body is a transverseshaft, d, supported by suitable hangers c, on which are hung two pedals,c b', extending up so as to 3o work through a slot in the bottom of thebody,

one near each side. From the pedal a a conmeeting-rod, f, extends to thecrank a, and from the pedal b' a connecting-rod, h, extends to the crankb, the connecting-rods h nng to the pedals above the hinge-point orshaft d and below the foot-rest or bearings on the pedals, and so thatthe girl, sitting on the seat of the carriage, may conveniently rest afoot on the upper end of each of the pedals, and by simply pressingforward impart `the force to the respective cranks necessary to propelthe earriage.

'At the front the pilot-wheel D is arranged in the lower end of a forkeddiagonal rod, E. This rod is supported in bearings, as at a, andinclined so that its upper end comes into a convenient position in frontof the occupant, and provided with a transverse handle, F, by which toturn the rod E and the pilot-wheel D.

The combination of the body A, provided with a seat, a double-crankaxle, with two wheels at the rear, the pedals c b', hung helow the bodyand extending upward through an opening therein to receive the foot,with connecting-rod hinged to each of said pedals above their pivot orhinge, and below the foot-bearing, and to the cranks, respectively, anda pilot-wheel in front, substantially as described.

GEO. E. W'HITMORE.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EAELE, Jos. G. EARLE.

